Guide and support for drag-saws.



No. 655,630. Patented Aug. 7, @900.

E. F. LAFAYETTE.

GUHJE AND SUPPURT FOR DRAG SAWS.

(Applicatiqn filed May 19, 1900.)

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EDGAR FRANCIS LAFAYETTE, OF SEDRO, \VASI'IINGTON.

GUiDE AND ESUPPORT FOR DRAG-SAWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,630, dated August '7, 1900.

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Be it known that I, EDGAR FRANCIS LA- FAYETTE, of Sedrq, in the county of Skagit and State of Washington, have made anew and useful Improvement in Guides and Supports for Drag-Saws, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a device or small apparatus adapted for attachment to logs or felled trees for guiding and supporting a drag-saw while an the slotted bar, which in turn supports and guides the saw, as hereinafter described. i In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. ,Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the practical use of the apparatus. 2 5 Fig. 3 is a plan view of the apparatus, show ,ing the hinged wedges folded. Fig. 4 is a face View of a portion of the apparatus. The narrow and fiat bar A, whichin practice is made about eighteen inches in length, has a lo longitudinal slot at, extending from one end nearlyfo the other. A long wedge B is hinged to the solid end of the bar and a shorter'wedge O tothe other end. The wedge Q is broad and maybe of uniform width, while the longer one B is essentially triangular, as seen in plain view, one side being cut away or inclined to allow space for the saw to work past it, as shown in Fig. 1. The butts of the Wedges project beyond the parts 40 a, so that a hammer 0r mallet may be conveniently used on them for driving the wedges. The ends a, of the bar A are curved or project to one side a distance equal to about the thickness of the but-ts of the wedges B C, so that the latter may be folded fiat upon, and thus lie parallel to the bar A, as

' shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose of economizing space, and'thus facilitating transportation or storage of the apparatus in small space. I I 1 The adjustable saw-support proper, l), is a flat plate adapted to lie on the barA, and sooured thereto so as to slide easily by means of side clips and guides E. The latter may be constructed in any suitable manner, so as to embrace and slide upon the bar A. The plate D has a notch or open slot 61 at its upper end, and a roller E is journaled in a central space just below the said notch. The end portions d of the plate D project inward over the roller E (see Fig. 4) and are rounded or beveled outward to facilitate entrance of the saw into the slot or notch d. A springpawl F is pivoted to the back side of the plate D and engages notches a (see Figs l and 3,) formedin-the adjacentinner side of the bar A.

The manner of applying and using the apparatus, as shown in Fig. 2, consistsin driving the wedges B G into a log or trunk of a felled tree a suiiicient distance to enable their. to hold securely hyfriction, and thus The longer wedge being inclined or beveled on one side is out of the way of the saw.

In its broader aspect the bar may have any form of devices adapted for attachment to or insertion in a log or tree-trunk for holding the bar in due position while the saw is in use. In another aspect I do not restrict myself to wedges such as described and shown, but propose to employ any form of device that may be attachedto a log, whether hinged and foldable or not.-

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, isv Q,

' 1. The improved saw guide and support, comprising a bar, a pointed device hinged to each end and adapted to fold fiat, or to be driven into a log when turned out-,and a support for a saw-whichis attached to the bar intermediate of said pointed devices,

whereby the apparatus is adapted for application and use on the under side of a log as shown and described.

2. An improved saw guide and support, comprising a bar having wedges or pointed devices hinged to its ends, and a saw-guiding device which is movable on said bar, and means for securing such device in any adjustment, substantially as shown and described.

3. An improved saw guide and support comprising a bar haviuga longitudinal slot, wedges hinged to its ends, a plate having anoteh or slot to receive a saw, and adapted to slide on the bar, and means for securing it in any adjustment, substantially as shown and described.

4. An improved saw guide and support comprising a slotted bar, wedges attached to its ends, and a slidable device, a roller carried by the latter, a pawl for holding said device at anydesircd height, as shown and described.

5. An improved saw guide and support eomprisinga bar having wedges hinged to its ends and adapted to fold, substantially as shown and described.

(3. An improved saw-guide comprising a bar having its ends projected inward or to one side, and wedges hinged to such projections as shown and described, whereby they are adapted to fold and lie flat upon the body of the bar as shown and described.

7. An improved saw guide and support comprising a bar having wedges attached to its ends, one of which is inclined to one side, so as to be out of the path of the saw when the latter is in use, as shown and described.

8. An improved saw guide and support comprising a bar, wedges hinged to it and adapted to fold as specified, and having ends that project beyond the bar when said wedges are turned out in position for driving, substantially as shown and described.

EDGAR FRANCIS LAFAYETTE.

Witnesses:

J. B. Honsnoon, O. E. BINGHAM. 

